Box Score GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Chadron State outlasted Colorado School of Mines, 3-2, in an elimination game to end Mines' RMAC Tournament and season on Thursday night.

The Orediggers (28-26) tried mightily to dig back from a 3-0 hole but ran out of time in their comeback attempt. 

In a pitchers' duel between Sydney Marchando and Jessica Jarecki, runs were at a premium early. Chadron State took an early lead on Kayla Michel's first-inning double to score an unearned run and go up 1-0; it would remain that way until the fifth when Bailynn Meek's two-run homer extended the Eagle lead to 3-0.

Mines' bats were held to a single hit through the first five innings but awoke in the sixth to score two runs. After Sonoma Toot reached on an error, consecutive singles by Clara Larson and Kara Jones brought in the first run, and Pua Fujinaga's single later in the inning allowed Larson to score to cut it to 3-2.

Hallie Smith entered the game to throw a 1-2-3 sixth inning, but Jarecki put the Orediggers down in order in the seventh to preserve the win.

Marchando (1-3) struck out five in allowing seven hits and two earned. Jarecki fanned 11 allowing four hits and one earned run.

NOTABLES
- Originally scheduled for 7:45 p.m., the game's first pitch came at 9:33 p.m., the latest start of the year for Mines; the last pitch was at 11:33 p.m. The tournament endured an hour-plus lightning delay during an earlier game.
- Larson ends the year with the program's single-season record for RBI (64) and tied with the mark for home runs (15). She is only the second player in program history - and first since 1994 - to slug .800+ in a season, ending up at .839.
- Toot ends her Mines career ranked among the all-time top 10 in hits (182, 10th), at-bats (606, 8th), runs (120, T8th), doubles (47, 3rd), RBI (119, 6th), and walks (67, T5th).
- Smith ends her time in Golden fourth in complete games (61), second in shutouts (12), second in innings pitched (612.1), third in strikeouts (391), third in wins (45), and first in saves (12).
- Brielle Asato ends her career with the Mines stolen bases record having swiped a bag in the day's first game to take her total to an even 50.
- Mines was making its third straight RMAC Tournament appearance.